[ale] [OT] clam av for windows

[Ron Frazier]

AVG Free

http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage

Note that it doesn't want to coexist with Microsoft Security Essentials.

Ron

On 02/08/2011 12:02 PM, Tim Watts wrote:
> Thanks. F-prot also looks good. AVG seems to have discontinued their
> "free" version. All I could find was a 30-day trial. I'll have to look
> into that rescue CD. Seems like the most prudent approach for an
> "unknown" windows system.
>
>
> On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 09:49 -0600, Preston Boyington wrote:
>    
>> Tim Watts wrote:
>>      
>>> Anyone have experience with this? Is it a decent product?
>>>        
>> I didn't care for Clam AV on Windows personally, but it's been a few
>> years so YMMV.
>>
>> I've never had any major issues with the free version of AVG.  Unless
>> you go in for them, uncheck the toolbar install.
>>
>> Avira is also a decent option.  Avira has a nag screen when it updates
>> the virus signatures (just press "OK" and it goes away) and seems to be
>> lighter on resources than AVG.  Can't speak enough about their "AnitVir
>> Rescue System" which runs from a Linux LiveCD.  :)
>>
>> either will do a casual Windows without their needing to go through a
>> great amount of configuring.
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